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01 May

Back to the Future: The Real Johnny B. Goode Rocked Long Before Marty McFly

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Back to the Future is a classic comedy, one of the most popular films in motion picture history. Almost every laugh line lands with a perfectly executed punch. Every skateboard flip is a motion picture wonder. It’s one of those films which is broadly silly yet still has heart, and it’s a treasure of commercial cinema. But when Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly straps on a cherry red Gibson ES-345 he plunders the golden oldies right out of the fingers of the true original. Ignore the bit where “Marvin Berry” calls his cousin on the phone. Chuck Berry didn’t just…

21 Oct

Back to the Future: Why You’ll Never See More Eric Stoltz Marty McFly Footage

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Here’s why you won’t see more of the infamous Eric Stoltz footage any time soon. For Back to the Future fanatics, the Holy Grail of Hill Valley is footage from the five weeks that Eric Stoltz starred as Marty McFly. Stoltz, an actor who has proven his comedic chops in recent years through his work in the Noah Baumbach films Kicking & Screaming and Mr. Jealousy, delivered a performance that was reportedly too intense for how filmmaker Robert Zemeckis envisioned the character, and was subsequently replaced by Michael J. Fox (who filmed Family Ties concurrently). While some stills of Stoltz…

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Back to the Future: The Real Johnny B. Goode Rocked Long Before Marty McFly

Back to the Future: Why You’ll Never See More Eric Stoltz Marty McFly Footage

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